Caution

Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing

by Fresh & Easy Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5051379085063 · Fresh & Easy Llc · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5051379085063 · Serving size 1 CONTAINER (255 g)

The verdict

Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing by Fresh & Easy Llc scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 55-component record, beginning with Mixed Organic Greens, Green Leaf, Carrot. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

79085063 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Love Food, Celebration · ±0 BOOK-OFF …085063 · July 2026

13 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 79085063 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Love Food, Celebration Cake, Vanilla · Nearest score peer is Love Food, Celebration Cake, Vanilla at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Classic Chef Salad With R…80/1002. Love Food, Celebration Cake, Vanilla: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Love Food, Celebration Ca…80/1003. Thousand island dressing: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Thousand island dressing80/1004. Thousand Island Dressing, Thousand Island: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Thousand Island Dressing,…80/1005. Maple & brown sugar instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Maple & brown sugar insta…80/100
High-band neighbours for Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing (80/100) outside Fresh & Easy Llc.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing
80/100
Love Food, Celebration Cake, Vanilla
80/100
Thousand island dressing
80/100
Thousand Island Dressing, Thousand Island
80/100
Maple & brown sugar instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing scores 13.6 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Mixed Organic Greens
2
Green Leaf
3
Carrot
4
Organic Radicchio
5
Organic Frisee
6
Organic Tango
7
Ranch Dressing
8
Mayonnaise
9
Water
10
Soybean Oil
11
Egg Yolk
12
Corn Starch
13
Distilled Vinegar
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Egg Whites
16
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
17
Spice
18
Lemon Juice Concentrate
19
Vitamin E
20
Paprika Oleoresin
21
Sour Cream
22
Milk
23
Cream
24
Nonfat Milk Powder
25
Culture
26
Enzymes
27
Buttermilk
28
Nonfat Milk
29
Cultures
30
Spices
31
Canola Oil
32
Onion Powder
33
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Cooked Ham And Water Product
35
Pork
36
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
37
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
38
Sodium Phosphate
39
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
40
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
41
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
42
Natural Flavor
43
Turkey
44
Turkey Breast
45
Turkey Stock
46
Corn Starch
47
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
48
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
49
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
50
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
51
Sharp Cheddar Cheese
52
Cheese Culture
53
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
54
For Color
55
Egg

Full Ingredient List

Mixed greens (green leaf, carrot, radicchio, may contain: frisee, tango), ranch dressing [mayonnaise (water, soybean oil, egg yolk, corn starch, distilled vinegar, contains less than 2% of the following: salt, egg whites, xanthan gum, spice, lemon juice concentrate, vitamin e, paprika oleoresin), sour cream (milk, cream, nonfat milk powder, culture, enzymes), water, buttermilk (nonfat milk, milk, cultures, salt), spices, canola oil, onion powder, salt, dehydrated garlic, lemon juice concentrate, xanthan gum], cooked ham and water product (pork, water, dextrose, salt, potassium lactate, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, natural flavor), turkey [turkey breast, turkey stock, modified corn starch, contains less than 2% of: salt, sugar, dextrose, sodium lactate, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, sodium diacetate, sodium nitrite, potassium chloride), sharp cheddar cheese [milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes, annatto (for color)], egg, carrot.

Categories

Meals Prepared salads Salads Salted-snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing

Neighbours outside Fresh & Easy Llc with screening scores in the same high band as Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fresh & Easy Llc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Classic Chef Salad With Ranch Dressing's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 5051379085063: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.